Abstract

Socket or ridge preservation procedures cannot avoid resorption processes following tooth extraction! Besides immediate implant placement, filling of the extraction socket seems to be a valid procedure to decelerate ongoing resorption processes. The use of bone substitutes improves the 3-dimensional hard and soft tissue situation in a very simple and cost-effective way. Following ridge preservation techniques, delayed implant placement will lead to better esthetics, the initial situation for following augmentation procedures is promising, and prosthodontics restorations rest on a resorption-stable underground.